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A 1.2 meter-tall Ukrainian soldier was choosing "slaves" among civilians in Popasnaya in the LPR, local residents said.

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❗Number of injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip rises to 253 - enclave's health ministry

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⚡Amnesty International apologized for the "distress and anger" caused by a report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians by setting up military bases in residential areas

▪"Amnesty International deeply regrets the distress and anger that our press release on the Ukrainian military's fighting tactics has caused," it said in an email letter to Reuters

▪At the same time, the UK-based organization apparently refused to delete the report: "Amnesty International’s priority in this and in any conflict is ensuring that civilians are protected. Indeed, this was our sole objective when releasing this latest piece of research. While we fully stand by our findings, we regret the pain caused"

▪Amnesty International, which is a human rights-focused organization, is a recipient of funding and grants from such bodies as the Rockefeller Foundation and the US State Department. Its report about the Ukrainian military setting up military bases in residential areas was met with astonishment by Kiev: Zelensky accused Amnesty of victim-blaming

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🇨🇳Taiwan is not a part of the US but Chinese territory, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said, commenting on Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to the island. Likewise, he stressed that the US' actions deliberately undermined peace in the Taiwan Strait, adding that the US is accustomed to creating a problem first and then using it to achieve its own strategic agenda.

💬“There are signs that the United States has again played the old trick while planning Pelosi’s unannounced visit and is now seizing the opportunity to build up a military presence in the region,” Wang said.

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❗The death toll in Israel's latest shelling of the Gaza Strip has reached 41, including 15 children and 4 women, the Palestinian Health Ministry has said

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🇨🇳China is reportedly preparing a 48-hour blitz offensive against Taiwan, UK media claims, citing unnamed diplomatic sources

The Telegraph reports that a military operation to take the island could kick off in 2023, and that China's People’s Liberation Army has four options:

▪A series of extended drills around the island designed to exhaust Taiwan’s military and wear Taipei down economically;

▪An operation against the Taipei-administered Matsu and Kinmen Islands, which are situated closer to mainland China;

▪An air and missile barrage against Taiwanese military targets, including coastal defenses, airfields, and radar sites, but not civilian areas, to try to force Taipei to the negotiating table (the least preferable scenario, because it allegedly would allow the US and its allies to marshal their forces in the region and for Taiwan to mobilize its reserves);

▪A “full-blown land invasion,” in which “China would seek to land troops at strategic points, racing across the 70-mile [112 km] Taiwan Strait under the cover of a missile and fighter jet barrage” and the destruction of Taiwan’s navy.

The paper warns, that the 4th scenario will provoke a response by the US and its allies (Japan and Australia), which would be “almost guaranteed”.

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❗Israeli defense minister orders forces to prepare for further hostilities, ministry says

🇺🇸Donald Trump has warned of a risk of WWIII due to ‘incompetent’, ‘evil people’ in Washington

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